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A 19m deep excavation for a landmark high-rise building known as Downtown One was recently completed in Tirana Albania. The building will feature 5 floors of underground parking. The deep excavation support system consisted of […]

Sumner Road in Christchurch, New Zealand is a critical infrastructure link between Christchurch, the Port of Lyttleton, and the communities of Sumner and Lyttelton. It was severely damaged in the 2010-2011 earthquakes that struck the […]

The homeowners of the Millennium Tower in San Francisco are expected to file a permit application for 50 new 24-inch diameter piles approximately 250 feet long to hopefully stabilize the building and perhaps even reverse […]

Carolina Sunrock constructed a new primary crusher and needed a 51 foot tall retaining wall to create the grade separation. They went with a Redi-Rock faced wall, and were in the unique position to buy […]

Malcolm Drilling is currently working on shoring for the foundation excavation of a new tower at Rainier Square in downtown Seattle. The structure will be a 58-story mixed-use skyscraper topping out at 850 feet, which […]

June 1, 2018rockmanComments Off on San Francisco’s Embarcadero Seawall At Risk from Earthquakes, Sea-Level Rise

The iconic San Francisco waterfront area known as Embarcadero is in dire need of a new seawall system to harden the area against sea level rise and to prevent damage from major earthquakes. Projections are that the […]

Terracon posted a new blog post about a unique hybrid soil nail and anchored soldier pile wall excavation support system for the Tower 12 Building project in Downtown Seattle. The project involves a 60-foot deep […]

How do you build a 2H:1V concrete ski jump? In April of 2017, the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation turned to Presto, the makers of GEOWEB, to design a concrete GEOWEB structure approximately 30 feet wide […]